DAVE: im seriousDAVE: the thing isDAVE: being a time guyDAVE: like actually MASTERING time travelDAVE: im pretty sure what that involves isDAVE: learning to never use itDAVE: see its like karateDAVE: wellDAVE: its more like what they SAY about karateDAVE: that you learn it so you dont use itDAVE: but i mean we all know the truth about karate is if you know karate then obviously in reality you use it all the timeDAVE: like doing lethal fuckin crane kicks and sweet karate chops while walking down the street just cause you canDAVE: its a god damn no brainer thats what you do with karateDAVE: but see with time travelDAVE: all the stuff about learning it so you dont have to use it is trueDAVE: theres no good that can come of itDAVE: you can crunch the logic on the loops all you wantDAVE: but all youre doing is painting yourself into a cornerDAVE: creating inevitabilities you have to rehearse and enact or face death for yourself or everyone you knowDAVE: and sometimes facing death is the very inevitability you have to rehearseDAVE: and then you wait and wait knowing its coming and knowing it has to happenDAVE: how do you think it made me feel when we were gathering up all those frogsDAVE: and i knew the whole time in a little while you would have to watch me get shotDAVE: but i couldnt say anything or it would mess it all upDAVE: all cause i thought it would be cool to be marty mcfuckin flyDAVE: but instead of shredding johnny b goode on guitar to get my parents to bangDAVE: my crowning performance was doing a funny dance while getting pumped full of leadJADE:......DAVE: then i had to leave everyone behind and get into the delorean and return to the 1980sDAVE: but the delorean was actually a big purple moonDAVE: and the 1980s was me accidentally reaching god tier and living on a shitty meteor for a whileDAVE: and i guess rose was doc brownDAVE: doc brown accidentally reached god tier tooDAVE: ok i guess this is where the analogy falls apart but you get what i meanJADE:sorry dave, you lost me there after the part where i shot youDAVE: damnDAVE: ok lemme start overJADE:omg, no!JADE:the fact is youre going to have to rely on those powers if you want to stand any chance against a lord of timeJADE:it is safe to expect he can only be challenged by someone with a similar command over the aspectDAVE: why is that safe to expectDAVE: where are all these presumptions coming fromDAVE: if you can use swords why dont you take the welsh cueball sword and fight him yourselfDAVE: i bet you could fuck him upDAVE: youre probably even more extra strong now that youve succumbed to the bark sideDAVE: did you ever think about thatJADE:dave i am perfectly aware of the awesome powers granted to me by the bark sideJADE:it does not matterJADE:i cant be the one to wield your sword against englishJADE:it has to be youJADE:it is the will of the empress, and thats finalDAVE: the empress can suck itDAVE: i have no intention of fighting himDAVE: and this isnt even me pulling more lame self aware reluctant hero junkDAVE: i am just straight up not going to do itDAVE: see thats not reluctance its just petulant refusal on my partDAVE: reluctant hero shit is when the guys like aw shucks i dunno if i wanna but deep down we all know he really doesDAVE: but i really dontDAVE: why should iDAVE: i dont give a damn about lord english or his nebulous atrocities out in nowherespaceDAVE: what kind of villain is someone you never met who hardly did anything evil to you or your friends directlyDAVE: or even to anyone in your universe for that matter other than through some vague insidious influenceDAVE: who even is this guy and why should i hate himDAVE: am i really supposed to be pissed off at a green muscle monster i never metDAVE: cause i aint pissed off at no muscle monsterDAVE: hell wasnt he in some ass backwards way responsible for us existing in the first place?DAVE: or all of humanity for that matter??DAVE: maybe i should thank him before chopping him up via welshscalibur

That was the last update for a good while. I'll say more about the pause soon.

The flash: song was an old and good one by Malcolm Brown, whose name I'd hope you would be familiar with by now. Art contributed by Adrienne, Ikimaru, Guzusuru, Shelby, and Rah. Great to work with all these people again. As has always been the case, the enthusiasm for the story by all contributors really shows in the work they do, and makes the final animation result feel a lot more special than it otherwise would be. A big thanks to all these artists, along with anyone else who ever left their artistic mark on this story.

9828 had a song and a drawing by James Roach and Ipgd respectively. Whoa, those are respectively very very good. The doomsday screed is by this son of a bozo, and it does appear to have motivated quite a STRONG wave of selfie posting. Maybe enough to even save the website from old man Hussie? Guess we'll find out. Hmm, sure does seem like Homestuck has a lot of good lookin' readers. I must say I am impressed. I have taken quite an extensive tour through your offerings and I have yet to find an unattractive face in front of Arquiusprite's tremendous buttocks. Kudos to every single selfie-snapper for being so preposterously photogenic. Just, wow. People have got a couple tumblrarchives already if you want to take a look. I don't know which of those is "better," or more exhaustive, but you know what, a little competition never killed anybody. I guess they can be like the Coke and Pepsi of this baloney ass stunt, for as long as people wanna keep pointing phones at their own faces.

Starting now, We Love Fine will become the primary seller of Homestuck products. Almost everything from the What Pumpkin store will be gradually moved over to the We Love Fine store over the next few weeks. We're also working on a lot of cool new things, which will show up in the WLF store over the following months.

WLF is also running another shirt design contest this month. There were a whole lot of great entries last time, and many of them ended up getting printed. Maybe YOU have a cool idea for a shirt this time around?? I would like to see it!

In closing, I will say this. We Love Fine is a great company! I've worked with them for a couple years already. The people there are VERY enthusiastic about making great stuff for fandoms. Take a look around their site. There's a good chance you will see stuff for other properties you like as well. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they're going to make for Homestuck!